Torch



(No Model.)

A. BUTTON.

TORCH.

Patented Nov. 10,1891.

WiTN EESEE.

" TATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT DUTTON, OE IVATERTOXVN, MASSACHUSETTS.

TORCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,692, dated.November 10, 1891.

. Application filed November 21, 1890. Serial No. 372,135. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT DUTTON, of Watertown, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Torches, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of torchesparticularly intended for the destruction of insects, larvze, &c., uponfruit-trees, &c., and its object is to improve the construction of thesedevices, as hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings I have represented at Figure l in verticalsection a device embodying my present improvement in the form now bestknown to me, and at Fig. 2, a modification ofthe attaching device forthe same, as hereinafter more fully explained.

In the drawings, A represents a cage, preferably rounded at the top, asshown. This cage may be conveniently constructed of wire orothermaterial capable of resisting the heat generated While in use.\Vithin the cage I place a charge of oil-absorbent material, preferablyasbestos, as shown at B. At the bottom of the cage I attach a shield ordrip-cup C, as shown. Any convenient means of attachment may be used;but when the cage is made of wire I prefer to attach it to the cup bymeans of other wires secured thereto, as shown at c, and hooked over thewire framework of the cage.

The shield C is to be provided with a suitable device, whereby it may bereadily secured upon the end of a stick or pole. For this purpose Iprefer to employ a screw D, secured to the shield and extendingdownwardly therefrom, which may be readily screwed into the end of thestick or pole. Another convenient means of attachment, however, will befound to be the wire D (see Fig. 2,) having one end attached to theshield and the other coiled to surround and hug the extremity of thestick or pole. I should prefer to employ springwire for this purpose.

In using my improved torch, after the oilabsorbent has been placedwithin the cup and the latter secured to the shield,the absorbent issaturated with oil and lighted in any convenient manner. It may then bymeans of the stick or pole be passed around over different portions ofthe tree to be cleared of insects, whereby they will be readily burnedoff. The shield or cup 0 at the same time will serve to prevent the oilfrom running down the stick or pole, and also will protect the same to aconsiderable degree from the heat from the burning oil.

It will be noticed, as a feature of my improved device above described,that inasmuch as it embodies in one structure thecage,cup,' and means ofattachment to the stick or pole, it occupies little bulk and can bereadily transported and sold, the purchaser ordinarily providing his ownpole, to which my'device can be readily secured for use as abovedescribed.

I claim The improved insect-torch herein described, consisting of areticulated cage, a charge of oil absorbent material located within thesame, a shield attached to the lower portion of said cage, and means,substantially as described, for attachment to a stick or pole, allsubstantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed myname this 13th day ofNovember, A. D. 1890.

ALBERT DUTTON.

Vitnesses:

ELLEN B. TOMLINSON, Joan H. TAYLOR.

